Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Date: 1894
Technique: Etching, 34.7 x 42.1 cm
/.../ The elongated faces and caps of the men in The Women of Weinsberg recall similar features in paintings by Dirk Bouts. This print depicts the amusing story told about the siege of the Bavarian town of Weinsberg in 1140, when the Hohenstaufen enemy Conrad III accepted the surrender of the town on the understanding that only the women would be spared; they were allowed to leave the town with whatever they could carry. The resourceful women met the conditions of the agreement by marching forth with their husbands on their backs. /.../
(Uhr, Horst. Lovis Corinth. Berkeley: University of California Press)
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